Embroidering-machine.



J.L.SOHWIZER EMBROIDERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILYED APR. 24, 1912. 1,056,841 Patented Mar. 25, 1918.

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EMBBOIDERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, 1912.

1,056,841. Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONAS L. SCHWIZER, OF LINDERHURS'I, NEW YORK.

EMBROIDERING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

Application filed April 24, 1912. Serial No. 692,788.

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This invention relates to embroidering machines, and particularly towhat are lframe divides said frame into top and hotknown as Swissembroidering machines, and still more particularly to machlnes of thisclass such as are described and clalmed in U. S. Letters Patent#498,925, granted.

June 6, 1893; and #611,097, granted September 20, 1898, and the objectof this invention is to provide a machine of this class designedparticularly for use in embroidering knitted stockings, neck ties,gloves and various other articles, and in which the construction andarrangement is such that articles of the class specified may beembroidered without cutting the threads of the fabric and withoutpuckering or wrinkling the same; a further object being to provide animproved machine of the class specified which employs a separate anddistinct frame on which each stocking, neck tie, glove or other article,or the sheet of fabric from which said articles is made is firststretched and embroidered after which the article is formed from saidsheet.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of whichthe accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of myinvention are desig nated by suitable reference characters in each ofthe views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of the main operativeparts of a machine of the class specified involving my invention, partof the construction being in section:Fig. 2 a side .view of an improvedframe construction which I employ :-Fig. 3 a section of the line 3-3 ofFig. 2:Fig. 4: a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing one of theindividual frames only and showing a sheet of material applied thereto,and :-Fig. 5 a cross section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

In the drawing forming part of this specification I have shown a machineof the class specified, the general form, construction and operation ofwhich is the same as that shown in Patent #611,097, hereinbeforereferred to. This machine involves a frame consisting of two parallelupright members 1, between which is mounted a vertically and laterallymovable main frame A having reclining devices or catches B, and in whichis mounted a supplemental frame 2 consist ing of parallel end members 3,parallel top .and bottom members tand a central memher 5 parallel withthe top and bottom members l, this construction of this frame beingclearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

The central member 5 of the supplemental tom spaces 6 and 7 in which aredetachably placed individual fabric frames 8 which are oblong andrectangular in form and which comprise parallel side members 9 andparallel end members 10, the end members being set inwardly of the endsof the side-members so that said side members form projecting endsupports 11 which are adapted to fit in recesses 12 in the parallelparts land 5 of the supplemental frame, and the inner ends of theindividual frames 8 are held in connection with the central frame member5 by a bar 13 secured to said frame member, and said frames 8 are heldin connection with the parallel side members 1 of the supplemental frame2 by a bar 14 one end of which is pivoted at the end 15 and the otherend detachably connected with the supplemental frame at 16.

The side members 9 of the individual frames 8 and the end members 10 ofsaid frames are provided on their outer sides with short outwardlydirected pins 17, and these pins 17 are all in the same plane, and inpractice individual fabric sheets 18 are stretched on each of the frames8, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and secured thereto by the pins17, and it will be understood, that a stocking may be formed from eachof the sheets 18 after said sheet has been embroidered, and any otherarticle such as, four-in-hand ties, gloves or other articles may beformed from other sheets; but my invention is not limited to theparticular character of the goods, nor to the particular character ofthe article to be formedtherefrom, and handkerchiefs and other articleof apparel for personal use, or the material from which said article orarticles are formed may be embroidered.

It will be understood that the supplemental frame 2 may be of anydesired dimensions,

frames 8 may be employed, it being understood that the individual frames8 must be exactly spaced and arranged in proper order to correspond withthe position and arrangement of needle supporting bars of the machineand the needle clippers placed thereon.

At each side of the machine rearwardly of the main upright members 1 andat the opposite ends of the machine are mounted the usual carriages 19movable on tracks 20 and movable toward and from the central portion ofthe machine, and these carriages are provided with the usual upwardly,downwardly and inwardly directed supports 21 which carry rails 22 onwhich are mounted clipper blocks or stops 23 provided with needleclippers 24: by which the needles 25 are held and with which theembroidering threads 26 are connected, all of these features being thesame in construction and operation as in Patent #611,097, hereinbeforereferred to with the exception that only two sets of rows of clippersand needles are employed, one above and one below the carriages 19,these sets of clippers and needles being arranged to correspond with thetop and bottom sets of individual frames 8 in the supplemental frame 2.

It will also be understood that the supplemental frame 2 is madevertically movable by means of the usual pantograph device 27 which isconnected therewith by means of a rod or rods 28, and the horizontalmovement of said main frame is also provided for in the same manner, butother details of the machine are not shown nor described for the reasonthat they form no part of my invention which is limited to the mainframe A, the supplemental frame 2 and the individual frames 8 mountedthereon. My invention however, is not limited to the use of the mainframe A, and the supplemental frame 2 may be substituted for said mainframe if desired, the reason for using the main frame A being to adaptmy improvement to machines of the class described as now construct-ed,which machines employ the said main frame A.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. In an embroidering machine, an oblong 2.In an embroidering machine, a main frame, a supplemental framedetachably mounted therein and the sides of which are provided withrecesses in one side face thereof, and individual fabric frames composedof parallel side and parallel end'members, the side members beingprovided with end projections adapted to enter said recesses and saidside and end members being provided with projecting pins, and means forsecuring the individual fabric frames to the supplemental frame.

3. In an embroidering machine, amain frame, a supplemental framedetachably mounted thereon and divided centrally and longitudinally intoseparate parts, and a plurality of individual fabric frames composed ofparallel side and parallel end members, the side and end members beingprovided with projecting pins, said individual fabric frames beingdetachably mounted in and transversely of the separate parts of thesupplemental frame.

4. In an embroidering machine, a detachable supplemental frame dividedcentrally and longitudinally into separate parts, and a plurality ofindividual fabric frames composed of parallel side and parallel endmembers, the side members being provided with end projections and theside and end members being provided with projecting pins, said fabricframes being detachably mounted in and transversely of the parts of thesupplemental frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 23rd day of April,1912.

JONAS L. SCHWVIZER. Vitnesses:

. C. MULREANY, S. ANDREWS.

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